Calibri designer surprised at Microsoft move to replace font
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Microsoft shared this graphic when it announced Wednesday it will replace Calibri as its default font. Image courtesy of Microsoft
May 3 (UPI) The man who designed the Calibri font weighed in Monday on Microsoft s move to replace it as a default typeface after 14 years.
Luc(as) de Groot a Berlin-based Dutch type designer who created his superfamily Thesis: The Sans, TheSerif, TheMix, The Antiqua, with monospaced and even Arabic variants, according to his company website was surprised by the move.
Advertisement I had not expected it to kind of be replaced already, he said during a video call from his Berlin home with CNBC, adding it was probably about keeping up with contemporary-style trends.
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